Owner's Representation
We act on your behalf from day one — reviewing scope, catching what's missing, and making sure decisions get made with your money in mind, not someone else's margin.
Owner's Representative · Project Management · Design
Your Sideof the Table.
Most homeowners hire a contractor and hope for the best. We sit on your side of it — running the design, the bids, the permits, and the schedule, so the project you paid for is the project you get.
- Independent of Your Contractor
- Concept Through Punch List
- Based in Orange County
What We Do
One Person Who Owns the Whole Thing
A remodel or an ADU has a dozen moving parts and a dozen people who each only care about their piece. We're the one who carries the whole project — and the only one whose interests line up with yours.
Project Management
Schedule, sequencing, site coordination, and the weekly follow-up that keeps a job moving. You get one point of contact instead of six phone numbers.
Design & Concept Development
Layouts, renderings, and material direction so you can see and judge the project before it's framed — when changes are still free.
Bidding & Contractor Selection
We put together a real scope, take it to qualified builders, and level the bids side by side so you're comparing the same project — not three different guesses.
Budget & Change Order Control
Tracking cost against the original number, pressure-testing change orders, and telling you early when something is drifting — while there's still room to act.
ADUs & Additions
Feasibility, city requirements, and permitting for accessory dwelling units and additions — the part of the process that stalls most projects before they start.
Current Projects
On the Boards
What we have going right now, plus a recently finished ADU. There's more behind these — ask and we'll walk you through the rest.
Pool Pavilion & Outdoor Kitchen
North Tustin · In design
Whole-Home Renovation
Orange · In progress
Craftsman ADU
Old Towne Orange · Complete
How Decisions Get Made
You See It Before You Build It
Before a shovel moves, you get renderings, layouts, and a material palette you can actually react to. It's a lot cheaper to change your mind on paper than in framing — and it's how bids come back accurate instead of optimistic.
Design package for a whole-home renovation currently underway in Orange — the same set of decisions we work through on every project, made on paper first.
Who You're Working With
Family-Run, and Meant to Stay That Way
SHR Build is family-run and deliberately small. Design and project management sit under one roof, and the people you meet at the first walkthrough are the same people standing in your kitchen on the last day. No account handoffs, no rotating cast, no explaining your project twice.
We don't build the work ourselves. We bring in established local builders we've worked with before, matched to the scope of your project. That's deliberate — staying independent of the contractor is what lets us hold the work to your standard rather than theirs.
Where We Work
Serving Orange County
Based in Orange and working throughout the county. Not sure if you're in range? Call — if it isn't a fit, we'll tell you straight.
- Anaheim
- Orange
- Tustin
- Santa Ana
- Newport Beach
- Laguna Beach
- San Juan Capistrano
- Dana Point
- Laguna Niguel
- …and surrounding Orange County
Common Questions
Questions We Get Asked
What does an owner's representative actually do?
An owner's representative manages a construction project on the homeowner's behalf. SHR Build handles the design direction, puts the scope out to bid, compares the bids on equal terms, tracks the budget and schedule, and holds the contractor to what was agreed. You get one person accountable for the whole project instead of coordinating a designer, a builder, and a half-dozen subs yourself.
Do I still hire a general contractor?
Yes. SHR Build does not hold the construction contract or perform the work — a licensed general contractor does. We sit on your side of that agreement: we help you choose the right builder, make sure the scope is complete before you sign, and represent your interests while the work is underway. Staying independent of the contractor is the point of the role.
When should I bring you in?
As early as possible. The decisions that cost the most money are made before framing starts — layout, scope, and which builder you hire. Bringing in an owner's representative at the concept stage is where the role pays for itself. That said, we also step into projects already in progress when something has gone sideways.
What does it cost to hire an owner's representative?
SHR Build charges a management fee based on the cost of the project. You'll know that number before you commit to anything, and the budget stays open to you the whole way through — you see what things cost as we go, not at the end.
Can you help with an ADU?
Yes. SHR Build handles ADU feasibility, city requirements, and permitting in Orange County, along with design and construction management once the project is approved. Permitting is where most ADU projects stall, so it's worth sorting out before you spend money on anything else.
What areas do you serve?
SHR Build works throughout Orange County, California, including Anaheim, Orange, Tustin, Santa Ana, Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, San Juan Capistrano, Dana Point, and Laguna Niguel.
Get Started
Let's Talk About Your Project
Whether you're holding a set of plans or just an idea and a budget, a short conversation will tell you a lot. No charge for the first one.
Monday–Saturday, 8am–5pm · Orange County, California